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Ken Paxton
United States Senate

Ken Paxton

U.S. Senate Texas (2026 R Candidate · sitting TX AG · MAGA conservative)
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
97 / 100 A
Raw: 76 of 78 dynamic max · 39 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First 52/ 60
🇺🇸 America First 24/ 40
National Rank
#3,276 of 8,966 · top 36.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
March 3, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-05
Early voting: 2026-10-19 – 2026-10-30
Elections office: (512) 463-5650
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Texas Secretary of State — Elections Division

Official Profile

Sitting Texas Attorney General (2015-present). Survived 2023 impeachment trial in Senate. Trump-aligned. R primary candidate for TX U.S. Senate 2026 (running against Cornyn from the right).

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

10/10
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As TX Attorney General, secured a unanimous Texas Supreme Court ruling upholding the Human Life Protection Act (near-total abortion ban) and won at the U.S. Supreme Court protecting Texas pro-life laws; consistently defends life from conception in court.

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
TRUE (+2)
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
TRUE (+2)

Biblical Marriage

10/10
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As Texas AG in 2015, Paxton advised county clerks they could refuse same-sex marriage licenses on religious-freedom grounds following Obergefell v. Hodges, describing the ruling as an attack on Americans' religious freedoms. He stated that 'same-sex marriage is not lawful under the U.S. Constitution' and consistently championed traditional one-man-one-woman marriage — a stance he maintained through his 2026 Senate run.

    Verified 2026-06-25Dispute this claim
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
TRUE (+2)
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
TRUE (+2)

Family & Child Sovereignty

10/10
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
TRUE (+2)

Christian Liberty

8/10
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified

Economic Stewardship

6/10
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Led aggressive state-level resistance to ESG corporate capture: as TX AG he sued the Biden DOL's ESG retirement-investing rule for 'sacrificing Americans' retirement savings on the altar of the radical climate and social agenda,' sued BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for conspiring to manipulate energy markets through ESG commitments, demanded BlackRock account for underperforming ESG pension investments, opposed the SEC's ESG climate-disclosure mandate as unconstitutional, and warned major financial institutions that DEI and ESG commitments could trigger state law enforcement.

    Verified 2026-06-17Dispute this claim

Election Integrity

8/10
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As Texas AG (2015-present), Paxton built one of the nation's most aggressive state-level election-integrity operations: his office created a dedicated election-fraud prosecution unit, launched multi-county investigations into mail-in ballot harvesting, and in 2020 sued to block Harris County's mass-mailing of unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to all registered voters. His office regularly publicizes prosecuted voter-fraud cases as a deterrent, and he won the 2026 TX Senate primary with a mandate to carry Trump's election-integrity priorities to Washington.

    Verified 2026-06-17Dispute this claim
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
TRUE (+2)

Border & Immigration

10/10
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As TX AG, won the federal-court ruling vacating DACA and halted Biden's unlawful freeze on deportations, enforcing mandatory removal of unlawfully present aliens and building the nation's strongest state-level border-enforcement record.

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
TRUE (+2)

Self-Defense & 2A

10/10 ✉️ Petition your reps
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. As TX AG, successfully sued the Biden ATF and blocked the rule reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles — stopping a regulation that would have criminalized millions of law-abiding gun owners.

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
TRUE (+2)

Foreign Policy Restraint

2/10
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Not yet verified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Paxton opposed the AIPAC-backed incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the 2026 Texas Senate primary and defeated him by more than 25 points. AIPAC explicitly endorsed Cornyn; Paxton's campaign drew a clear contrast between the nationalist America-First lane and the AIPAC/establishment-donor lane. Paxton's win was noted by Track AIPAC as unseating one of their top endorsed incumbents.

    Verified 2026-06-25Dispute this claim

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

2/10
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
Not yet verified

Sources & Evidence

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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Texas Capitol — LegislatureOfficial
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/08/ken-paxton-john-corn...Center
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/03/ken-paxton-federal-c...Center
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/categories/electio...Official
www.kenpaxton.comUnclassified
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
txvaluesaction.org/scorecard/Right Advocacy
texasrighttolife.com/legislative-scores/Right Advocacy
www.tsrapac.com/Right Advocacy

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